71 followers. Thank you very much!
It’s a significant number as I was born on the 71st year of the twentieth century. So, it’s giveaway time!
Leave a comment on this post between now and the 23rd of May, just because, and I will use a random number generator to pick two winners who will receive something handmade by me. Knitted, most probably. You don’t have to be a follower of my blog to win.
Thank you for following my ramblings. I really appreciate it.
It’s that time of the year again. Mad May is here.
And I’m participating again. Hopefully I will finish this before the deadline, which is the end of May. This pile of Tosh Vintage in Tart will hopefully turn into Jared Flood’s Guernsey Wrap very soon.
Are you participating in Mad May? Come on, show and tell!
First of all, 70 followers. Woohooo! Thank you, guys. It means a lot to me. If I am not following your blog now, just bear with me. I’ll get around to it.
And back to the topic…damn right the world is watching!
Patrick wanted us to see Iron Man 3 as soon as it was out. We sort of did. We went to see it the day after everyone else in the UAE has seen it. We don’t like 3D films. It doesn’t enhance our viewing pleasure at all.
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A month ago, we finally used those vouchers from Sharaf DG and bought the kids a Canon point-and-shoot camera. I have been asking for regular photo updates of their life in Manila and they constantly complain about their i-phone cameras not being good enough. Now with this new gadget, I expect a weekly set of photos. Or else!
Of course, I had to take the little thing out for a spin just so I can show them the most user-friendly setting. My very first P&S was a Sony and it was amazing. I didn’t get to use the custom settings much but the quality of photos were not bad and the ease of use was outstanding. This thing, however, is a pain to control and so heavy that even if you use the low-light settings, its weight adds to the blur of the final image. I shouldn’t really complain as we practically got this for free, but having used a DSLR for the past 6 years now, I don’t understand the appeal of P&S.
Okay, photo dump time. Krispy Kreme mini donuts. They look really good, tastes half as bad as their big brothers.
Odd. A stray kitty came up to the boys for a scratch behind the ears the other day. Needless to day, Luca did not appreciate the strange cat smell on the boys when they got home. This same kitten was spotted laying down in the middle of the dirt road, oblivious to the cars trying to park or get out.
Ends. Thankfully not so many ends to weave in here, not yet anyway. Although the second skein I joined has a knot about a hundred yards in. I decided to knit 5 stitches with old and new working yarn instead of the usual double-knot technique. The top is working up really nicely. I am in the middle of the waist shaping and loving it!
It’s painful to think that the kids have been here for a month now, and that a month from today they would be flying back to Manila. Much as I would love to keep them here, they have school to go back to. And that is important. But right now we are making the best of the time that we have together.
Motherly rambling over. Now, what about this strangely cool weather at this time of the year in Dubai, huh? The sun has been hiding behind grey clouds and we have been getting spells of rain. The kids love it! Usually by this time of the year, we’d be complaining about the heat that is starting to envelope the place. Last Saturday, after we came home, there was a light rain so the car would eventually be covered in a light dust and sprinkle of rain.
Last weekend, the kids suddenly decided to go to the beach. We had nothing planned anyway and sometimes spur-of-the-moment stuff is so much better than things that you plan right down to the second. It was good to get out of the house, and see this sunset too!
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Patience and I are not very good friends. We’re acquaintances at best, but neither one never stays long enough for us to become buddies for life. Sometimes it comes organically, sometimes it’s forced. In the case of my Hitchhiker scarf, it was an organic union which I was truly amazed with.
I’m a terrible model of my own hand-knits, here let my niece do it. She does it way better than I ever could anyway!
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A week ago, Bernie had to go into work as they were upgrading their network server. The timing sucked, obviously, because the college kids are in town and would have loved to spend every moment they can with their father, and vice versa. But it couldn’t be helped, so now Bernie owes the kids a weekend. While he was wrangling with the new server, the kids and I went out to town on the Metro. They have been on the Metro before but not all the stations were open at that time. Besides, we had no other means of transportation so this was the only way to travel. It didn’t look like Eibee minded it at all! And, erm, I just noticed that she is wearing my top, carrying my cardigan and using my black sheep bag!
